CUNY Law assists Guantanamo detainee set to be freed
THE GUARDIAN – Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York who, with his students, co-represents Aamer, told Aamer the news of his impending release in person at Guantánamo. Aamer initially did not believe him, he said.
Read More about CUNY Law assists Guantanamo detainee set to be freedLewis & Clark Law provides law student with hands-on experience through new Criminal Justice Reform Clinic
LAW STREET – A new clinic called the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic is a collaboration between the law school and the Oregon Justice Resource Center (OJRC) and will benefit both law school students, and members of the community in need of legal resources.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law provides law student with hands-on experience through new Criminal Justice Reform ClinicNorthern Illinois Law students assist patients-in-need through medical-legal partnership clinic
DAILY HERALD – The 60-year-old was denied Social Security disability benefits two years ago and told to appeal locally because the government thought he had other income sources. But that all changed after he was referred to the Northern Illinois University Health Advocacy Clinic, a rare partnership between doctors and lawyers launched in Aurora a…
Read More about Northern Illinois Law students assist patients-in-need through medical-legal partnership clinicFlorida Law students work on public school reform in state
FLA LAW ONLINE – The involvement of UF Law students in the public interest-oriented work of Southern Legal Counsel has proven to be a mutually beneficial partnership, allowing students to gain practical legal experience while contributing to social justice litigation that seeks to protect and promote the constitutional and human rights of vulnerable communities.
Read More about Florida Law students work on public school reform in stateUC Berkeley Law releases report grading California’s rail transit stations
SCPR (NPR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA) – The report looked at neighborhoods within a half mile radius of rail transit stations across California, with grades calculated using available data organized into five categories of metrics. The report was prepared by the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment at the UC Berkeley School of Law on behalf…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law releases report grading California’s rail transit stationsU.S. Department of Agriculture supports food project between Vermont Law, William Mitchell Law
VT DIGGER – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will award $728,274 to the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School to support a program designed to get communities more access to healthy food.
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THE HOYA – Georgetown University Law Center, the American Constitution Society and the Campaign Legal Center are establishing a Voting Rights Institute to train both students and attorneys at GULC.
Read More about Georgetown Law establishes Voting Rights Institute to train students and attorneysValparaiso Law clinic fights local debt buyers
NWI.COM – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently took action against the nation’s two largest debt buyers and collectors for using deceptive tactics to collect bad debts. The Law Clinic at Valparaiso University has been fighting the same battle locally, representing more than 100 defendants in Porter County and resulting in dismissals of more than $250,000…
Read More about Valparaiso Law clinic fights local debt buyersWest Virginia Law clinic students argue federal immigration case in Chicago
WEST VIRGINIA RECORD – Kirk Auvil and Phillip Wachowiak, both third-year students, represented Rufino Antonio Estrada-Martinez before the court Sept. 24, against Loretta Lynch, attorney general of the United States. Estrada-Martinez is a client of the WVU Immigration Law Clinic.
Read More about West Virginia Law clinic students argue federal immigration case in ChicagoEmory Law humanitarian law clinic gives students hands-on experience in the “law of war”
EMORY NEWS CENTER – This work, done as part of Emory’s International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Clinic, gave students the chance to get hands-on experience working on real cases, research projects, and training programs for courts, militaries, NGOs, and other groups that focus on understanding, applying, and upholding the law of war.
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